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Wed 5 Feb 2014, 08:24 GMT

Blyth tank construction 'taking shape'


MGO tanks will have the capacity to store up to 5 million litres once completed.

UK-based Geos Group says that the construction of storage tanks at its new marine gas oil (MGO) storage facility in Blyth, Northumberland, is starting to take shape. The scaffolding went up last week and Isleburn Ltd. - a UK manufacturer of equipment for the energy industry - has started building the tanks, which will have the capacity to store up to 5 million litres each once completed.

The storage tanks are being built at the Bates Terminal in Blyth. The 9.5-hectare terminal handles dry bulk cargoes such as coal, glass and stone.

According to Geos, the oil interceptor is now installed and the bund wall is almost complete.

Geos announced the completion of the base construction phase in January. For each base, 270 cubic metres of concrete was poured into a large circular steel frame built on a foundation of steel piles buried 10 metres deep in the ground. Building contractors Halls Construction then began working on the bund wall, access roads and other elements of the on-site infrastructure.

The Geos development project represents the first on the Blyth Estuary Enterprise Zone. It has been supported by Arch Corporate Holdings Ltd. - the Northumberland Development Company set up by Northumberland County Council, and will lead to the creation of jobs in the local area.

"The Port of Blyth is a growing offshore energy hub with excellent deep water facilities in a strategically well-positioned location," Geos Group said.

Geos Group offers ship-to-ship transfers of MGO to ships in UK east coast ports.

Contact details for Geos Group have been provided below.

Telephone: +44 1491 845 474
Fax: +44 1491 845 501
Email: commercial@geosgroup.com
Website: www.geosgroup.com

Address:
Chiltern House Business Centre
45 Station Road
Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AT
United Kingdom

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